constipe
\kɔ̃s.tip\
The verdict
“constipe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de constiper.
Corpus desk
Index FR-constipe · constipe · French
constipe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | constipe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃s.tip\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « constipe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
constipe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃s.tip\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
constipe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is constipe, spelled C-O-N-S-T-I-P-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de constiper.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de constiper.
- 3Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de constiper.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de constiper.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de constiper.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.